United States of America v. Russel Means and Dennis Banks reveals the consequences of the siege that occurred at Wounded Knee - which resulted in a shootout with the FBI agents. In the shootout of 8 May of 1973, both FBI agents were wounded: the FBI agent was critically wounded, and the US marshal of Nebraska became permanently paralyzed. The leaders of the American Indian Movement, were responsible...

The Wounded Knee Massacre was a conflict that took place in 1890 near Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota, between the U.S. Army and the Lakota peoples. According to James W. Forsythe, Colonel of the Seventh Cavalry and Commander at the Battle of Wounded Knee, the actions of the American forces at Wounded Knee were justified and necessary. Forsythe claims to have been following protocol as it relates...